As previously announced, ROSCon 2023 will be held in person in New Orleans October 18th - October 20th, 2023. ROSCon 2023 will be fully in-person, and remote presentations will not be considered. The core of the conference is (and always has been) content from the community, and this year, we’re looking for proposals for three different types of content.

• Workshops: As in 2022, we will offer workshops on Day 0 of the conference. The goal of the workshops is to provide space for participatory/interactive experiences between the presenter(s) and the attendees and the chance to go more in depth into a subject than a regular talk could allow.
• Talks: The standard presentation format is the talk, with the presenter(s) talking live about a specific topic, with a brief question period at the end, fitting into a 10, 20 or 30 minute time slot.

We are also planning panels, keynote speakers and of course, lightning talks. The conference program will be a combination of single-track and

General Content Guidelines

All topics related to ROS and ROS 2 are invited. Example topics include:

• New packages / frameworks
• Insights / improvements for existing packages
• Case studies on unique ROS deployments / use cases
• Developments for specific robots / sensors / platforms
• Competitions / collaborations / initiatives
• ROS in commercial / research / teaching environments
• Standards / best practices / development tools

To get an idea of the content and tone of ROSCon, check out the slides and videos from previous years. We cannot offer content that is not proposed! If there is a topic on which you would like to present, please propose it. If you have an idea for an important topic that you do not want to present yourself, please post it for discussion on ROS Discourse.

Review Criteria

All submissions will be reviewed by the program committee to evaluate:

• Relevance to the ROS Community - The proposed content should use ROS in a substantial way, but beyond that, the work must also be relevant and compelling to a general ROS audience. Writing a ROS driver for a specific piece of hardware is an excellent contribution to the community, but describing the intricacies of its firmware may not be relevant to this audience. Furthermore, content should be relevant to a global and diverse community.
• Quality of Content/Impact - We encourage proposals to contain big ideas with high impact. Proposals should have a demonstrable quality as opposed to being purely theoretical.
• Quality of Presentation - Articulating your ideas clearly and grammatically is a key prerequisite for giving a compelling live presentation.
• Originality/Novelty - Content should be original and not something that has already been heard before. Will this be the 41st talk on a particular topic at ROSCon? Or are you presenting something new?
• Open Source Availability - Because we are an open-source community, proposals for which the underlying code and other content is available under an open source license have a greater chance of being accepted. It is not a hard requirement, but proposals focused on proprietary systems should contribute in some other way to the community. Promises of future release are difficult to evaluate, so having your content released at the time of proposal submission is preferred.

Additional consideration will be given to balancing the subject matter and duration of presentation. We encourage proposals from presenters of all backgrounds and experience levels.

Workshop Submission Information

Workshop proposals must include:

• Title (maximum 70 characters)
• Presenter(s) (name, contact information, and affiliation)
• Summary - for public consumption, used in the program schedule (maximum 100 words)
• Description - outline the workshop and its goals, for review by the program committee. Describe the intended audience and what resources (if any) would be required. Please be sure to include enough information in your proposal for the program committee to evaluate the above review criteria.

📝 Submit your workshop proposal via this Google form 📝

Workshop submissions are due May 7th, 2023. The selected workshops will be published out no later than August 17th, 2023, and potentially earlier.

Talk Submission Information

Talk submissions are done using the Hot CRP submission software. You must create a Hot CRP profile and sign in to submit your talk.

Talk proposals must include:

• Title (maximum 70 characters)
• Presenter(s) (name and affiliation)
• Desired talk length (10, 20, or 30 minutes)
• Summary - for public consumption, used in the program schedule (maximum 100 words)
• Description - outline and goals, for review by the program committee. Describe the intended audience and what they can expect to learn. Please be sure to include enough information in your proposal for the program committee to evaluate the above review criteria.
• (NEW) Audio abstract - for review by the program committee. All talk proposals must include a (maximum) one minute recording of the presenter describing the content of the talk. It should be a single-take, responding as if a colleague asked what the talk was about. Please use either the mp3 or ogg file format.
• (NEW) Key URL/Twitter handles - Optionally include a single link/Twitter handles to be associated with talk in publicity materials. Only one URL will be included in the event program; please make the first URL in your list the most relevant resource for your talk. We suggest a link to the project’s source code or documentation.

📝 Submit your talk proposal using the Hot CRP website 📝

Talk proposals must be submitted by July 9th, 2023. The program will be announced August 17th, 2023.

If you have any questions/comments/firmware patches, please email roscon-2023-oc@openrobotics.org

Program Co-Chairs:

• Tomoya Fujita (Sony Research)
• Ingo Lütkebohle (Bosch Research)